>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
FLORIDA STATE SENATORS PUSH FOR
WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE
ULTIMATE CANCEL ACT.
IT WILL BASICALLY GET RID OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
HERE'S THE DEAL, AND IF YOU'RE
LIKE WAIT A SECOND, THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO THE BILL WILL REQUIRE THAT
THE STATE ELECTION BOARD,
BASICALLY, THE DIVISION OF
ELECTION WOULD IMMEDIATELY
CANCEL FILINGS OF ANY POLITICAL
PARTY WHOSE PLATFORM HAS EVER ADVOCATED OR SUPPORTED SLAVERY.
ADVOCATED OR SUPPORTED SLAVERY.
THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT SUSPICION
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED
DEMOCRATS.
BUT IF YOU THINK LIKE EIGHTH
GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS,
PULL OUT THAT OLD BOOK, DURING
THE MID 1800S THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AT THAT TIME DID SUPPORT
LAVERY.
IF THIS BILL PASSES, IT MEANS
THAT SOMETHING LIKE 4.8 MILLION
PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WILL GO FROM
BEING REGISTERED DEMOCRATS, TO
HAVING A PARTY AFFILIATED TO
LIFE OR THINK IT IS A RESPONSE
TO WHAT SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE
CALLED CANCEL CULTURE FROM THE
LEFT.
REALLY THE LATEST BILL THAT
FANS THE FLAMES OF A LOT PEOPLE
SEE AS THESE CULTURE WARS
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND SPECIFICALLY IN
HOTBED OF ALL THIS, WHICH A LOT
OF REPORTING FOR IT, ALLIE.
YOU KNOW THAT WELL.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING
INTRODUCED TO GET HEADLINES?
THE ULTIMATE CANCEL ACT?
DOES IT ACTUALLY HAVE SUPPORT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT IS A
PRETTY BIG TROLL AND THE
LAWMAKER IN FLORIDA WHO IS
SPONSORING THIS EFFECTIVELY
TALKED THAT ON TWITTER WHEN HE
WAS FACED WITH THE IDEA THAT
THIS WAS JUST A VERY BIG
POLITICAL TROLLING ACT BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, THIS IS ALSO
SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO THE
LARGER ETHOS OF REPUBLICAN
FLORIDA POLITICS RIGHT NOW.
IS PARTLY WHY YOU'RE SEEING
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS USE THIS
INCUBATOR BEFORE THEY TAKE THE
HOST SHOWED NATIONAL
. BY WAY OF EXPLANATION FOR
THIS, YOU CAN EITHER SEE IT AS
SERIOUS OR TONGUE IN CHEEK,
EITHER OF THOSE ARE CRITICAL.
IT FOUR YEARS NOW, ACTIVISTS
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CANCEL
PEOPLE AND COMPANIES FOR THINGS
THEY HAVE SAID OR DONE IN THE
PAST.
INCLUDING STATUES AND MEMORIALS
AND BUILDINGS, USING THE
STANDARD OF BEING HYPOCRITES
WILL NOT TO CANCEL THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITSELF FOR THE
SAME REASON.
AGAIN, SEEMS PRETTY TONGUE-IN-
CHEEK, PRETTY TROLLEY, BUT
REPUBLICANS HAVE THE MAJORITY
HERE, REMEMBER, THE WHOLE STATE
WENT RED, WAS JUST RON DESANTIS
WHO WON THE 19 POINTS, IN A
STATE LIKE FLORIDA, IS PRETTY
WILD MARGIN, IT IS ALSO
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AT THE LEGISLATURE LEVEL.
SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT
PASSES.
I'M GOING TO WATCH AND SEE IT.
WHETHER OR NOT HEY ACTUALLY
ARE TROLLING.
>> THE APPETITE FOR FILLING
THE TROLL, AS YOU SAY.
AND DEMOCRATS OR THE STUNT, THEY
SAY, SPEAK TO THIS PRODUCT THING
IN FLORIDA WHICH IS THE IDEA
THAT IT IS A, LIKE AN INCUBATOR
FOR SOME OF THESE CULTURE WARS
ISSUES THAT WE SEE POP UP IN
OTHER PLACES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
>> YEAH, IT IS SORT OF LIKE AN
EPICENTER FOR ANTI-WEAKNESS.
AND THAT IS THE POINT.
ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THE
CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS IS BY
TAKING ON THESE LEGISLATING
AROUND THEM.
SCHOOLS, UNCOVERED, ON A WHOLE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS. THAT IS THE POINT FOR HIM.
THAT IS THE POINT FOR HIM.
ESPECIALLY AS HE TAKES THIS
NATIONAL AND CONSIDERS THE
PRESIDENTIAL BID.
FOR REASONS WHY ADVISERS SAY HE
IS STILL FOCUSED ON THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHY HE
MIGHT DELAY HIS PRESIDENTIAL
BID ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE SUMMER
IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE TANGIBLE
OUTCOME OF THE CULTURE WARS.
BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THEM FROM
THEORETICAL TALKING POINTS ON